CHESS problemist and the Chess Editor of the Times of Ceylon,
N.S.Muthuswami was born in Nellicheri,
Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu in 1896.

Self styling
himself as the legendary CAISSA he carried on his mission
for scores of years while at the same time
teaching Physics at Parameshwara College,Jaffna,Ceylon.
Every genius in history has had their share
of strange or atleast odd behavior, like for instance
the story he himself used to tell his children about Sir
isaac Newton making two holes in his pet cage one small
hole for the smaller animal and a la rger one for the bigger
one. To his share I would cite his peculiar method of deriving
anything and finding answers to everything from first principles.His
first son who became the Post master General of Tamilnadu
as well as his second son who was in the IMF in washington
DC took great interest in Chess and contributed Problems in The
Hindu at a young age.Speaking of young age the figure that comes
to my mind is the Veenai Virtuoso, Film Drector, film artiste
S.Balachander who when he visited Ceylon as a young man and
tried his versatile ability to play chess with Mr.N.S.M .